Vision TV Upset by Latest Cable Changes: Some Will Lose Access to Channel

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Vision TV is crying foul after its multifaith channel dedicated to providing a balanced forum for religious groups and spiritual programming was moved to a new place on the cable spectrum. The bump -- from channel 24 up to 59 in many urban markets -- will leave more than 125,000 cable subscribers in the Greater Toronto Area, for example, unable to watch it. The problem is channel 59 is used to monitor security systems -- including those run by Rogers -- in about 645 apartment complexes. Compounding the problem is the fact that 13 per cent of Vision viewers have televisions that don't receive channels higher than 36. Vision officials think they are being treated unfairly because of the …